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A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.
A. A. Milne
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A. A. Milne
Age: 74 †
Born: 1882
Born: January 18
Died: 1956
Died: January 31
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Alan Alexander Milne
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This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
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What day is it? It's today, squeaked Piglet. My favorite day, said Pooh.
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So - here I am in the dark alone, There's nobody here to see I think to myself, I play to myself, And nobody knows what I say to myself Here I am in the dark alone, What is it going to be? I can think whatever I like to think, I can play whatever I like to play, I can laugh whatever I like to laugh, There's nobody here but me.
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No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
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I just wanted to be sure of you.
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When having a smackerel of something with a friend, don't eat so much that you get stuck in the doorway trying to get out.
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If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.
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Piglet opened the letter box and climbed in. Then, having untied himself, he began to squeeze into the slit, through which in the old days when front doors were front doors, many an unexpected letter than WOL had written to himself, had come slipping.
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When I was One, I had just begun. When I was Two, I was nearly new. When I was Three I was hardly me. When I was Four, I was not much more. When I was Five, I was just alive. But now I am Six, I'm as clever as clever, So I think I'll be six now for ever and ever.
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